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as in absurd
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
a bizarre invention that no one could figure out how to use
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as in strange
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
he gave a bizarre excuse for getting home so late
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Recent Examples of bizarre
In 1998, a team led by Harvard University geologists Paul Hoffman and Daniel Schrag held up these bizarre rocks as proof that Snowball Earth was terminated by an unimaginably high-CO2 supergreenhouse.
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Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The clip has sparked a wave of humorous and relatable comments from viewers who are no strangers to the bizarre and hilarious antics in multi-pet households.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The arrest made headlines on local news and country-music websites for the bizarre situation that seemed like a cross between the scheming TV show Nashville andCNBC’s American Greed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
At 83, Coppola was committing more than $140 million of his own fortune to a film that the studios had long deemed too bizarre and risky.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The clip has sparked a wave of humorous and relatable comments from viewers who are no strangers to the bizarre and hilarious antics in multi-pet households.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The arrest made headlines on local news and country-music websites for the bizarre situation that seemed like a cross between the scheming TV show Nashville andCNBC’s American Greed.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
At 83, Coppola was committing more than $140 million of his own fortune to a film that the studios had long deemed too bizarre and risky.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bizarre
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When his harebrained money-laundering scheme loses millions of the cartel’s cash, Hanson is caught in a web of dangerous debt, absurd criminal mishap and a huge FBI takedown.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, this film’s absurd existentialist deadpan aligns Lanthimos’ work here closer to Ruben Östlund than ever — himself a filmmaker likely drawing from Lanthimos these days — to mine the comedy of repetitious futility to disorienting effect.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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That leaves fiscal hawks in a strange position.—
Taylor Millard,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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In a viral TikTok video, a group of ducks seems to have developed a strange obsession with a dachshund chilling out in the grass, and internet users can't cope with the hilarious footage.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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But fan battles about the love triangle at the heart of the plot have only become more intense, insane, and borderline psychotic with each weekly episode release.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
27 Aug. 2025
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The chemistry was, for lack of a better word, insane.—
Eileen Kelly,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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There were weird things that happened on that set.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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Their vibe was alternative, weird, experimental — anything goes.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
25 Aug. 2025
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Wilson also gets called a ‘simp,’ which is slang for a man who is viewed as foolish for being submissive or overly catering to his woman.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
26 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps outright incarceration is foolish, but some responsibility should fall on the parents’ shoulders.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Aug. 2025
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There’s an episode where the family is on a picnic, and the animals start doing odd things.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
1 Sep. 2025
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Despite the odd breaks in the game, Nakase credited the crowd for keeping the energy high.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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But one thing is for certain, an unreal amount of pressure will be on him to deliver, not just making selections, but on the course itself.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Each makes its contrary unreal, even absurd.—
Roy Scranton
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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But here’s betting you’ll be describing those same funny scenes with your friends around the office water cooler.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Aug. 2025
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That’s always what’s going to make your thing really funny.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Bizarre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bizarre. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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